foretold
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When the Fed eased after a market rout, it was usually reacting to what the decline foretold.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
As the journalist Robert Bryce foretold years ago: “Electric vehicles are the Next Big Thing, and they always will be.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
His three under par on the front nine of the second day at the North was noteworthy, but hardly foretold a round that would go into lore.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
He foretold unerringly what would happen, and this had displeased Zeus, who always liked to wrap in mystery what he would do—and very sensibly, too, in the opinion of all who knew Hera.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
